352 pages
English language
Published 2014 by Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
This is some kind of steam punk mashup of The Time Machine and The War of The Worlds. There is even a Mr. Wells in the book. The beginning is nice, with Victorian milieu and language, but there is no depth in the story and I considered abandoning the book several times. Well, I did not, so now I at least know how the story ends.
Avec ce roman, Christopher Priest propose à la fois une aventure victorienne et un hommage aux oeuvres de H.G. Wells, en particulier [b:The Time Machine|2493|The Time Machine|H.G. Wells|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327942880l/2493.SY75.jpg|3234863] et [b:The War of the Worlds|8909|The War of the Worlds|H.G. Wells|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320391644l/8909.SY75.jpg|3194841]. C'est sympathique et très bien écrit, même si quelques longueurs pourraient rebuter certains lecteurs.
